Location
This humid biome is located between the Tropics and along the equator and is home to the most numerous types of plants and animals because of it's rainfall.
What is a tropical rain forest?
Elephants, giraffes and zebra live here in Africa.
What is a savannah?
Grass and small shrubs dominate this biome region.
What is a grassland?
Today is sunny with clear skies is an example of?
What is weather?
What is the number of major land biomes?
7
This biome is located in the far north but does not get much snow. It is known to be dry and cold.
What is tundra?
A trait that helps an organism, such as a plant or animal, survive and reproduce in its environment.
What is an adaptation?
A saguaro cactus is one of the few plants that can survive the extremes of this region.
What is a dessert?
This biome is extremely cold and dry and receives the same amount of precipitation as a desert.
What is tundra?
More than 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered by this biome.
What is the ocean?
This biome is found in the middle latitudes and is home to some of the largest animals on Earth.
What is grassland or savannah?
The animals that live here tend to get their water from food and have adapted to the harsh environment by being nocturnal.
What is dessert?
Trees do NOT grow here.
What is a tundra?
In Washington State, the average rainfall in January is usually 6.2 - 9.6 inches of precipitation with a temperature range of 25° to 45° F. This is an example of?
What is climate?
What are the living and non-living things in an ecosystem called?
What are biotic and abiotic factors?
This biome is cold and salty, not an appropriate place for many creatures to live in, including humans.
What is the ocean?
Animals that eat only plants are called?
What are herbivores?
In a food web, a plant that makes its own food through photosynthesis is called?
What is a producer?
Rainfall, snow or hail
What is precipitation?
When a rabbit eats a plant, what level consumer is it?
What is a primary consumer?
This biome has much diversity and trees that lose their leaves in winter.
What is a forest? - decidious forest
An animal at the top of a food web in an ecosystem is called the?
What is the apex?
This plant-like organism is known as a decomposer, breaking down dead organisms and releasing their nutrient back into the environment.
What is fungi or mushroom?
the most important abiotic factor in determining a biome.
What is climate? (and/or soil type)*
a distinct geographical region with specific climate, vegetation, and animal life.
What is a biome?